Word: religion
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...Republicans, the moral revival has been a distinct political blessing. But it could turn into a risky one. "Morality is a very dangerous issue for the Republican Party," says William Schneider, a political analyst at the conservative American Enterprise Institute. "Religion is to Republicans what race is to Democrats. Religion could tear the G.O.P. apart in the next election." Tony Podesta, executive director of People for the American Way, which was formed as a foil to Falwell's Moral Majority, says that Republicans are in danger of becoming dominated by a narrow segment of the ideologi- cal spectrum. "In many...
...Alchemy." It was curated (if that is the word) by Arturo Schwarz, an Italian art dealer whose purplish prose has long been one of the hazards of Marcel Duchamp scholarship. Alchemy sought to change base metals into gold and silver. More broadly, it embraced astrology and occult religion, being founded on the picture of a fourelement universe (air, water, fire and earth) proposed by Empedocles in the 5th century B.C. There was an early link between alchemy, technology and art, since ancient glassblowers and metalworkers were always trying to make base stuff look like gold and silver. Over the centuries...
Elena is believed to be behind many oppressive government decisions. Father Gheorghe Calciu, 61, a Rumanian Orthodox priest who was allowed to emigrate to the U.S. last year after 21 years in Rumanian prisons, contends that the First Lady has launched a determined campaign against religion. Father Calciu says more than 60 Orthodox churches have been demolished since 1977 as part of a drive to renovate urban centers by replacing architectural treasures and other traditional structures with monumental government buildings. Many Baptist churches and several Jewish synagogues have been razed...
...Religion. Burger could be found on both sides of the separation between church and state. In 1984 he wrote the decision permitting Pawtucket, R.I., to erect a creche as part of its Christmas display but struck down a Connecticut law giving workers the right to a day off on their Sabbath. Scalia is expected to agree with Rehnquist's view that there is no "wall" between church and state...
...Americans have entirely too much freedom: all engine, no brakes, the great vehicle careering all over the road, the Lowest Common Denominator at the wheel, grinning like an idiot, hurling beer cans out the window. In many minds, freedom is a license to indulge. If the old constraints of religion and manners have given way, Americans unequipped with a set of inhibitions will begin to dismantle the system for their own amusement. But one rarely hears a revolutionary cry these days to overthrow the Republic. There are rhythms in these matters. Nineteen years ago, the New York Review of Books...